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Apr 16, 2020
Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis
This case challenges the failure of the District of Columbia government to protect some of its most vulnerable patients from back-to-back crises at their treatment facility: first, an extended water outage in the fall of 2019, and second, the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.
Apr 14, 2020
Nora v. Wolf - Challenging the Policy of Deporting Immigrants to One of the Most Dangerous Regions in the World to Await Their Asylum Hearings
The ACLU-DC co-represents 26 asylum seekers—12 adults and their 14 minor children—who are unlawfully trapped in life-threatening conditions in Tamaulipas, Mexico, while they wait for their asylum proceedings in the United States to conclude.
Dec 05, 2019
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Wolf - Challenging Denial of Immigrants’ Access to Counsel
Aug 21, 2019
I.A. v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration Limitation on Asylum for Migrants Passing Through Another Country en route to the U.S.
Aug 06, 2019
Make the Road New York v. McAleenan - Challenge to Trump Administration Expansion of “Expedited Removal” for Immigrants
Jul 11, 2019
Weir v. United States - Challenging Inhumane Detention Conditions and Property Destruction by U.S. Coast Guard
Aug 16, 2018
ACLU-DC v. Department of Justice - FOIA Re: Shackling Of Detainees In Court Appearances
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